The concept and framework of biodiversity e-Science infrastructure in China

摘要

China has rich biodiversity data, such as specimens, images, scientific literatures, field survey data, lab data. However, for a long time, many data are neither available nor accessible. In recent few years, few groups and institutions in China have began working on collection, collation and dissemination of biodiversity information. After the cooperation with Species 2000, EOL (Encyclopedia of Life), BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) and other related international projects, biodiversity information in China has been organized and shared in a good way. Also in this time, with the help of biodiversity informatics, the concept of biodiversity e-Science infrastructure has come to appear. In this paper, we suggest a biodiversity e-Science infrastructure based on a Service-Oriented Architect (SOA) and OGC ISO 19119 service standards. Related data, tool, metadata standards, service, annotation, community and application will be integrated into one platform, which may play an important role in the development and application of biodiversity research in the future of China.